List of accolades received by Marvel's Spider-Man

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List of accolades received by Marvel's Spider-Man
The logo of Insomniac Games the developer of Marvel's Spider-Man.
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Total number of awards and nominations
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Footnotes

Marvel's Spider-Man is an action-adventure game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Based on the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man, it is inspired by the long-running comic book mythology and adaptations in other media. Set in New York City, players follow Spider-Man trying to stop the super-human crime lord Mister Negative from releasing a deadly virus across the city while dealing with the personal problems of his civilian persona, Peter Parker. The game was announced on June 14, 2016, and was widely anticipated.[1] It was nominated for Most Wanted Game at the Golden Joystick Awards in 2016 and 2017,[2][3] and for Most Anticipated Game at The Game Awards 2017.[4]

It was released worldwide on September 7, 2018, for the PlayStation 4.[5] Spider-Man received "generally favorable reviews" from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic with a score of 87 from 116 reviews;[6] it was Metacritic's thirteenth highest-scoring PlayStation 4 game of 2018.[7][a] Spider-Man sold 3.3 million units in its first three days of release, making it the fastest-selling second-party video game release in Sony's history, narrowly beating 2018's God of War's 3.1 million.[8] USA Today estimated the game made at least $198 million during this period, surpassing the $117 million North-American opening-weekend box office take of the 2017 film Spider-Man: Homecoming.[8] By November 2018, it became the fastest-selling superhero game in the United States.[9] By August 2019, Spider-Man had sold over 13.2 million physical and digital units worldwide making it the second best-selling PlayStation 4 game behind Uncharted 4: A Thief's End's 15 million.[10][11]

Spider-Man garnered awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for its story, characters, performances, and music. At the Gamers' Choice Awards 2018, the game received eight nominations and went on to win three awards: Fan Favorite Action Game, Fan Favorite Single Player Gaming Experience, and Fan Favorite Character of the Year for Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker / Spider-Man.[12][13] At the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards the game received twenty-one nominations and went on to win three awards for Engineering; Game, Franchise Action; and Performance in a Drama, Supporting for Laura Bailey as Mary Jane Watson.[14] At the 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, the game earned eleven nominations and won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Animation.[15][16] At the SXSW Gaming Awards 2019, Spider-Man earned eight nominations and won the Excellence in Animation and Excellence in Convergence awards,[17] and at the Game Critics Awards 2018 it garnered three nominations and won two awards: Best Console Game and Best Action/Adventure Game.[18]

Spider-Man appeared on several lists of the top video games of 2018, being ranked in first place by Wired;[19] second place by Apple Daily and Time;[20][21] third place by Complex,[22], Push Square[23], and Zero Punctuation;[24] fifth place by Electronic Gaming Monthly;[25] seventh place by GamesRadar+ and Giant Bomb;[26][27] ninth place by Polygon;[28] and tenth place by The Daily Telegraph.[29] Shacknews and The Verge named it "Game of the Year"[30][31] and it was nominated for Game of the Year from Eurogamer,[32] GameSpot [33], and IGN[34]. A poll of 128 Japanese game developers by Famitsu magazine named Spider-Man as their game of the year.[35]

Accolades[edit]

Award Date Category Recipient(s) and Nominee(s) Result Ref(s).
Annie Awards February 2, 2019 Character Animation in a Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [36]
Apple Daily January 1, 2019 Best Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Second [20]
Australian Games Awards December 19, 2018 Action/Adventure Title of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [37]
Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Brazil Game Awards December 12, 2018 Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [38]
Best Original Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Console Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Action & Adventure Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Soundtrack Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Studio Insomniac Games Nominated
Best Voice Acting in Portuguese Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
British Academy Games Awards April 4, 2019 Artistic Achievement Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [39]
Audio Achievement Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Narrative Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
CNews January 4, 2019 Best Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [40]
Complex December 12, 2018 Best Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Third [22]
D.I.C.E. Awards February 14, 2019 Outstanding Achievement in Animation Marvel's Spider-Man Won [15][16]
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Character Peter Parker / Spider-Man Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Story Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Outstanding Technical Achievement Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Adventure Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Digital Trends December 12, 2018 Best Game Narrative Marvel's Spider-Man Won [41]
Electronic Gaming Monthly January 1, 2019 Best Game Marvel's Spider-Man Fifth [42]
Eurogamer December 30, 2019 Best Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [32]
Famitsu Awards April 5, 2019 Excellence Prize Marvel's Spider-Man Won [43][44]
Fox Sports Asia January 1, 2019 Best Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [45]
France Info December 18, 2018 Best Game Marvel's Spider-Man Third [46]
Game Audio Network Guild Awards March 21, 2019 Audio of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [47][48]
Sound Design of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Interactive Score Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Cinematic Cutscene Audio Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Dialogue Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Best Original Instrumental "Spider-Man" Nominated
The Game Awards December 7, 2017 Most Anticipated Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [4]
December 6, 2018 Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [49]
Best Game Direction Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Narrative Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Score/Music Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Audio Design Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Performance Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker / Spider-Man Nominated
Best Action/Adventure Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Game Critics Awards July 5, 2018 Best of Show Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [18]
Best Console Game Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Best Action/Adventure Game Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Game Developers Choice Awards March 20, 2019 Best Audio Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [50]
Best Design Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Narrative Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Technology Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Visual Art Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Gamers' Choice Awards December 9, 2018 Fan Favorite Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [12][13]
Fan Favorite Action Game Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Fan Favorite Single Player Gaming Experience Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Fan Favorite Character of the Year Peter Parker / Spider-Man Won
Fan Favorite Male Voice Actor Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker / Spider-Man Nominated
Fan Favorite Female Voice Actor Laura Bailey as Mary Jane Watson Nominated
Fan Favorite Female Voice Actor Tara Platt as Yuri Watanabe Nominated
Gamescom August 21, 2018 Best Action Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [51][52]
Best PlayStation 4 Game Marvel's Spider-Man Won
The Games Machine December 22, 2018 Best Action Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [53]
Best Open World Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Tell Me a Story[b] Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
GameSpot April 30, 2019 Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [33]
GamesRadar+ December 21, 2018 Best Game Marvel's Spider-Man Seventh [26]
Giant Bomb December 28, 2018 Best Story Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [27]
Best Game Marvel's Spider-Man Seventh
Global Game Awards December 7, 2018 Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Sixth [54]
Best Action Marvel's Spider-Man Second
Best Open World Marvel's Spider-Man Third
Best Visuals Marvel's Spider-Man Fourth
Best Developer Insomniac Games Won
Golden Joystick Awards November 18, 2016 Most Wanted Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [2][3]
November 17, 2017 Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [55][56]
November 16, 2018 Best Storytelling Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [57][58]
PlayStation Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Ultimate Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Gry Online January 6, 2019 Best Game Marvel's Spider-Man Fourth [59]
Harvey Award October 4, 2019 Best Adaptation From a Comic Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [60]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 14, 2018 Original Score – Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [61][62]
Hot Press December 11, 2018 Top Game Marvel's Spider-Man Second [63]
HuffPost Brazil December 28, 2018 Best Game Marvel's Spider-Man Eighth [64]
IGN December 10, 2018 Best Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [34]
Best PlayStation 4 Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [65]
Best Action-Adventure Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [66]
Best Video Game Story Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [67]
IGN Australia Select Awards March 4, 2019 Best Audio Design Marvel's Spider-Man runner-up [68]
Best Game Design Marvel's Spider-Man runner-up
Best Storytelling Marvel's Spider-Man runner-up
Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man runner-up
IGN Italy December 28, 2018 Best Game Marvel's Spider-Man Sixth [69]
Igromania January 21, 2019 Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Third [70]
The Independent Game Developers' Association Awards November 7, 2019 Best Action and Adventure Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [71]
Best Audio Design Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Visual Design Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Italian Video Game Awards April 11, 2019 People's Choice Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [72]
Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Game Design Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Best Character Peter Parker / Spider-Man Nominated
Inner Circle Games Network December 28, 2018 Best Action/Adventure Marvel's Spider-Man Won [73]
Japan Game Awards September 12, 2019 Award for Excellence Marvel's Spider-Man Won [74][75]
Knack Focus December 23, 2018 Best Game Marvel's Spider-Man Seventh [76]
Lenta.ru December 30, 2018 Best Game Marvel's Spider-Man Third [77]
Libertad Digital December 27, 2018 Best Game Marvel's Spider-Man Fifth [78]
Maxim December 17, 2018 Best Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Second [79]
The Mercury News December 20, 2018 Best Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Seventh [80]
Morning Star December 10, 2018 Best Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [81]
The Michigan Daily January 9, 2019 Best Game Marvel's Spider-Man Fourth [82]
National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards March 13, 2019 Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [14]
Animation, Artistic Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Animation, Technical Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Art Direction, Contemporary Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Camera Direction in a Game Engine Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Character Design Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Control Design Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Costume Design Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Design, Franchise Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Direction in a Game Cinema Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Engineering Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Game, Franchise Action Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Graphics, Technical Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Lighting/Texturing Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Original Dramatic Score, Franchise Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Performance in a Drama, Lead Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker / Spider-Man Nominated
Performance in a Drama, Supporting Laura Bailey as Mary Jane Watson Won
Performance in a Drama, Supporting William Saylers as Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus Nominated
Sound Editing in a Game Cinema Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Sound Effects Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Writing in a Drama Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
National Post December 24, 2018 Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Fourth [83]
New York Game Awards January 22, 2019 Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [84]
Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game Laura Bailey as Mary Jane Watson Nominated
news.com.au December 14, 2018 Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Honorable Mention [85]
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards March 23, 2019 Favorite Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [86]
NRK P3 December 18, 2018 Best Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Fourth [87]
PlayStation Blog January 17, 2019 Best Narrative Marvel's Spider-Man Silver [88]
Best Graphical Showcase Marvel's Spider-Man Silver
Best Sound Design Marvel's Spider-Man Silver
Best Soundtrack Marvel's Spider-Man Silver
Best PlayStation Console Exclusive Marvel's Spider-Man Gold[c]
Best Performance Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker / Spider-Man Silver
Best PS4 Game Marvel's Spider-Man Silver
Studio of the Year Insomniac Games Silver
Polygon December 21, 2018 Best Game Marvel's Spider-Man Ninth [89]
Push Square December 30, 2018 Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Third [23]
The Ringer December 10, 2018 Best Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Third [90]
Rolling Stone Italy December 28, 2018 Best Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Sixth [91]
Shacknews December 31, 2018 Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Won [30]
The Star December 31, 2018 Best Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Seventh [92]
Stuff December 31, 2018 Best Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man runner-up [93]
SXSW Gaming Awards March 16, 2019 Excellence in Art Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [17]
Excellence in Animation Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Excellence in Gameplay Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Excellence in Technical Achievement Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Excellence in Narrative Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Excellence in Convergence Marvel's Spider-Man Won
Trending Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Video Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
The Telegraph December 21, 2018 Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Tenth [94]
Time November 16, 2018 Best Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Second [21]
Titanium Awards December 10, 2018 Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [95][96]
Best Performance in Spanish Mario García Won
Best Original Soundtrack John Paesano Nominated
Best Adventure Game Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Troy Daily News January 17, 2019 Best Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Second [97]
USgamer December 28, 2018 Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Ninth [98]
The Verge December 19, 2018 Game of the Year Marvel's Spider-Man Won [31]
Visual Effects Society Awards February 5, 2019 Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus Nominated [99]
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated
Vulture December 7, 2018 Best Video Game Marvel's Spider-Man Fifth [100]
Wired December 30, 2018 Best Game Marvel's Spider-Man Won [19]
Writers Guild of America Awards February 17, 2019 Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing Marvel's Spider-Man Nominated [101][102]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ It was Metacritic's joint thirteenth highest-scoring PlayStation 4 game of 2018 alongside Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Sonic Mania Plus and Dragon Ball FighterZ with a score of 87.
  2. ^ Awarded to a game with outstanding narrative[52]
  3. ^ Equivalent to Second place since PlayStation Blog gives the Platinum award to winners[88]

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